{"product_id":"bernhard-varenius-1622-1650-9789004163638","title":"Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Margret Schuchard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernhard Varenius' books influenced the history of science in such a way that Isaac Newton, Alexander von Humboldt and Tsar Peter the Great all referred to him. Varenius wrote the first comprehensive description of Japan (\u003ci\u003eDescriptio regni Japoniae\u003c\/i\u003e, 1649) from a European perspective, exclusively based on a diversity of sources. But the impact of his \u003ci\u003eGeographia generalis\u003c\/i\u003e (1650) explains his ranking among the founding fathers of geography as a science. He called 'general' geography a branch of (applied) mathematics which does not deal with regional specifics. The contributions in this book focus on his multi-faceted work, the influence of his books and the tragically short life of this young polymath from Germany who benefited from the intellectually stimulating milieu of Leiden and Amsterdam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors include: Horst Walter Blanke, Reinhard Düchting, Klaus Lehmann, Robert Mayhew, Sandra Rebok, Folker Reichert, Frank Richter, Margret Schuchard, Denis J.B. Shaw, Ulrich Staffhorst, Johann Anselm Steiger, Rienk H. Vermij, and Ernst-Christian Volkmann.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891898335383,"sku":"9789004163638","price":19694.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004163638.webp?v=1781185095","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bernhard-varenius-1622-1650-9789004163638","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}